Die Europawahl 2024: Mehr als ein Rechtsruck

In the 2024 European Parliament elections, far-right parties made gains in many member states and won a higher overall seat share than ever before. In addition, the much discussed “rise of the far right” also changed the debate among the other parties and led to the end of the consensus on the “cordon sanitaire” in the European Parliament. However, the shift to the right was not the only remarkable characteristic of the election. This article provides an overview of the main aspects that marked the election and affected the political constellations of the new electoral period.